john
needles
John Needles: A Quaker’s Craft and a Voice of Abolition The name John Needles might not immediately conjure images of revolutionary artistry, yet within the annals of American furniture making lies a story of profound significance – one interwoven with social reform, quiet determination, and …
A portrait built from john needles's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
